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Tuesday, July 11, 2000

Press release from the New Zealand Mountain Bike Association (NZMBA)
Tuesday 11 July 2000.
Leuchs climbs world rankings. Tissot-UCI Mountain Bike World Cup Series, Round Seven Cross Country, Alberta, Canada. 8/9 July 2000.

With his excellent 13th placing at round seven of the Tissot-UCI Mountain Bike World Cup this weekend, 22 yr old Kashi Leuchs (Volvo-Cannondale) improved his world ranking from 15th to 12th, overtaking Jose Antonio Hermida (ESP) as the highest ranked U23 rider in the open category.
The race weekend was held high in the spectacular Canadian Rockies at the Nordic Center in Alberta. Unlike the previous year when some riders had to be treated for hypothermia, the weather was perfect and the 32.8 km course dry and fast.
Bas Van Dooren (NED, Be-One) lead the men's race for the first four laps until he was passed by the eventual winner Cadel Evans (AUS, Volvo-Cannondale) who has surged back to his pre-crash form and looks set to challange for gold in Sydney. Leuchs, also selected to compete in the men's mountain bike race at the Sydney Olympics, finished 6 minutes off the pace in a time of 2:22.37. Miguel Martinez (FRA, Full Dynamix), the world number one, finished fourth after having to borrow a bike for the second race in a row due to customs delays.
In the women's race Barbara Blatter (SUI Scott USA) won in a time of 1:55:41, with Alison Sydor (CAN, Volvo-Cannondale) finishing in front of team mate Alla Epifanova (RUS). This takes Blatter to the top of the World Cup standings.
The riders have a month off before the eighth and final round of the Tissot-UCI Mountain Bike World Cup cross country series which will be held September 2/3 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Source:NZMBA/UCI
posted by jeff lyall 7/11/2000 01:10:37 PM

Monday, July 10, 2000

Kashi does well again. Another top 15. Thats pretty consistant
Full results here: www.altitudesports.ab.ca/elite_men.htm
Also good report at www.mountainbike.com

1 EVANS Cadel AUS VOLVO CANNONDALE 2:15:41.00 250
2 VAN DOOREN Bas NED BE-ONE TEAM 2:15:54.00 13 200
3 GREEN Roland CAN TEAM GT 2:17:27.00 1:46.00 170
4 MARTINEZ Miguel FRA FULL-DYNAMIX 2:18:05.00 2:24.00 150
5 TOLHOEK Patrick NED BE-ONE TEAM 2:18:06.00 2:25.00 130
6 PAULISSEN Roel BEL TEAM GT 2:18:14.00 2:33.00 95
7 FRISCHKNECHT Thomas SUI TEAM RITCHEY-YAHOO! 2:18:49.00 3:08.00 90
8 BRENTJENS Bart NED SUBARU-SPECIALIZED 2:19:21.00 3:40.00 85
9 SAUSER Christoph SUI VOLVO CANNONDALE 2:21:03.00 5:22.00 80
10 HÖYDAHL Rune NOR GIANT 2:21:26.00 5:45.00 75
11 KURSCHAT Wolfram GER FIAT-ROTWILD 2:21:35.00 5:54.00 71
12 DJERNIS Henrik DEN TEAM RITCHEY-YAHOO! 2:22:16.00 6:35.00 67
13 LEUCHS Kashi * NZL VOLVO CANNONDALE 2:22:37.00 6:56.00 63
14 FUMIC Lado GER GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM 2:22:42.00 7:01.00 62
15 VOLLET Gregory FRA BIANCHI ALBACOM 2:23:01.00 7:20.00 61

posted by jeff lyall 7/10/2000 12:19:45 PM

Tuesday, July 04, 2000

Hello again,
I had another WorldCup PB with 7th here in Monte Saint Ann, Quebec, Canada.
I could feel I was on a good day from the start, when I was able to stay in the top 8 for the start loop and first climb. Then during the first lap I had gear trouble, (twice the chain fell over the rear cluster into the wheel) so I lost contact with the leaders, but was still in about 15th.
For almost the rest of the race I was on my own, bridging gaps and passing one rider at a time as they blew. It was a technical course, and very physically demanding. Many riders who started too fast hit the wall, and fell back many places in the final laps. My legs were feeling great and I was able to keep a good consistent speed throughout the race, and finished strong with out many problems (apart from losing my chain 3-4 times, and putting it over the cluster once more!) Cadel Evens and Christoph Sauser(Volvo/Cannondale) got 1st and 2nd, making a fantastic day for the team. We are now leading the overall Cross Country team points for the first time this season, a lead we hope to increase in next weeks World Cup in Canmore!
Kashi (^_^)
posted by jeff lyall 7/4/2000 11:10:30 AM

Monday, July 03, 2000

NZ mountainbiker Kashi Leuchs reached another milestone yesterday with a personal best in the latest round of the World Cup.
His 7th placing at Mont St Anne Quebec means he has now broken into the top ten of the worlds elite riders on two occasions.
It was a memorable day for his Volvo Cannondale team as Cadel Evans won while another team mate, Christop Sauser was second.
Going into the race Leuchs was ranked 15th in the World in the elite class and 2nd in the under 23.

Link here to mountainbike.com
Full results here later: www.uci.ch

Other riders left in Kashi's wake were "all of the podium" at the Worlds, Brentjens (10th) Green (11th) and little Mig (23rd)
The new golden boy Jose Hermida DNFed. Kashi is now 18th overall in the World Cup series.
posted by jeff lyall 7/3/2000 02:43:31 PM

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